You can create a desktop shortcut to a specific profile in Firefox using this tutorial. Open two Firefox profiles open at the same time using this guide.

To create a desktop shortcut for opening the File History Control Panel applet on Windows 11/10, follow the steps laid down in this tutorial.

And you can still create desktop shortcuts yourself, but when you download a game for example and forget to uncheck the box to create a shortcut, it automatically disbands the action—no popups ...